of the Compitalia

compĭtālis, e, adj. [compitum], of or pertaining to the cross-ways:

Lares,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Suet. Aug. 31 (qui compita servant, Ov. F. 2, 615; cf. id. ib. 5, 140 sq.).—

Subst.

‡ compĭtāles, ium, m., priests of the Lares compitales:

COMPIT. LAR. AVG.,

Inscr. Orell. 3958 sq. —

compĭtālĭa, ium and iōrum (cf. Charis. p. 27 sq. P.; Prisc. p. 744 ib.:

compitaliorum,

Cic. Pis. 4, 8 Orell. N. cr.), n., a festival, annually celebrated at cross - roads (compita) in honor of the Lares, soon after the Saturnalia, on a day appointed by the prætor (cf. conceptivus, II.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 7 fin.; Cato, R. R. 5, 4; 57, 2; Cic. Att. 2, 3, 3; Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204; Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 3, and Fest. p. 257, 1 Müll.

* * *

conceptīvus, a, um, adj. [concipio].

That is conceived:

fides et dilectio non substantiva animae sed conceptiva,

Tert. Res Carn. 40.—

That is ordered, directed; so only feriae, in the Roman ritual, those festivals that were not fixed for a certain day, but were celebrated annually on days appointed by the priests or magistrates, movable festivals. Such were the Compitalia, Paganalia, Sementivae, Latinae, etc., Varr. L. L. 6, § 26; Macr. S. 1, 16; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 62, 15 Müll.

lānĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], woollen, of wool.

Lit.:

pallium,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

culcita ob oculos,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

infula,

Verg. G. 3, 487: thorax subuculae, Suet. [p. 1033] Aug. 82:

coma flaminis,

i. e. his woollen fillet, Stat. S. 5, 3, 183: effigies, little woollen figures which were distributed at the Compitalia, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—

Prov.: dii irati laneos pedes habent,

i. e. the vengeance of the gods comes unperceived, Macr. S. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 44, v. 789.—

Transf.

Covered with a woolly sub stance, downy; of fruits:

pira corio laneo,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (Jahn et Corrolana).—

Soft like wool, woolly:

lupus,

a kind of fish, Mart. 13, 89, 1:

latusculum,

Cat. 25, 10.

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

Sāturnus (old collat. form Sāteur-nus, Fest. pp. 323 and 325 Müll., and SAETVRNVS, on a vase; v. Ritschl, de Fictil. Litteratis, and Schweizer, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 65 sq.), i, m. [1. sero;

ab satu est dictus Saturnus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.], Saturn; according to the myth, the most ancient king of Latium, who came to Italy in the reign of Janus; afterwards honored as the god of agriculture and of civilization in general; hence early identified with the Kronos of the Greeks:

qui terram colerent, eos solos reliquos esse ex stirpe Saturni regis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5:

principes (dei) in Latio Saturnus et Ops,

id. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.:

primus ab aetherio venit Saturnus Olympo, Arma Jovis fugiens et regnis exsul ademptis. Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 319 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 193; 1, 235 sq.; 6, 29 sq.; Tib. 1, 3, 35; 2, 5, 9 et saep.—As the god of time, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64; Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god of the Phœnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:

Saturni sacra dies,

i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1, 3, 18:

Saturni Stella,

the planet Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; 2, 46, 119; id. Div. 1, 39, 85.—As subst.: Sāturnus, i, m., the planet Saturn, Hor. C. 2, 17, 23.—Hence,

Sāturnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian:

stella,

i. e. the planet Saturn, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mons, an ancient name of the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll., and Fest. p. 322 ib.: terra, i. e. Latium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 ib. (Ann. v. 25 Vahl.); Ov. F. 5, 625; also,

tellus,

Verg. A. 8, 329;

and arva,

id. ib. 1, 569; in a wider sense: tellus, for Italy, id. G. 2, 173:

regna,

i. e. the golden age, id. E. 4, 6: proles, i. e. Picus, a son of Saturn, Ov. M. 14, 320:

gens,

i. e. the Italians, id. F. 1, 237: Juno, as daughter of Saturn, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 576 (Ann. v. 65 Vahl.); Verg. A. 12, 156; Ov. M. 4, 447:

Juppiter,

id. ib. 9, 242;

also pater (sc. Superum),

Verg. A. 4, 372; Ov. M. 1, 163:

domitor maris,

i. e. Neptune, Verg. A. 5, 799:

virgo,

i. e. Vesta, Ov. F. 6, 383: versus, the Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the Romans, in use down to the time of Ennius, Fest. s. v. Saturnus, p. 325 Müll.; cf.

of the same, numerus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 158:

carmen,

Ter. Maur. p. 2439:

metrum,

Diom. p. 512; v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. III. 9, and Bernhardy, Röm. Lit. p. 70 sq.—

Sāturnĭus, ii, m.

Jupiter, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1113 P. (Ann. v. 444 Vahl.); Ov. M. 8, 703; Claud. Gigant. 16.—

Pluto, Ov. M. 5, 420.—

Sātur-nĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the old town of Saturnia, on the Capitoline Hill, acc. to Fest. p. 325 Müll.—

Sāturnĭa, ae, f.

Juno, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 483 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 23; Ov. F. 1, 265; 2, 191; 5, 235; id. M. 1, 612 et saep. —

The town built by Saturn on the Capitoline Hill, the fabled beginning of Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.; Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 6, 31; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68; Fest. p. 322 Müll.—

Sāturnālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Saturn, Saturnian; as an adj. only with festum, = Saturnalia.—

Subst.: Sāturnālĭa, iōrum, ibus (cf. on the gen.:

certum est licito et Saturnalium et Saturnaliorum dici,

Macr. S. 1, 4; Ruddim. 1, p. 97; v. also Bacchanalia, Compitalia, Vinalia, and the like), a general festival in honor of Saturn, beginning on the 17 th of December and lasting several days; the Saturnalia, Macr. S. 1, 7 sq.; Liv. 2, 21 sq.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 22 Müll.; Fest. s. v. ferias, p. 86 ib.; Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; Cat. 14, 15; Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 22, 1 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 5 et saep.:

prima,

i. e. the first day of the Saturnalia, Liv. 30, 36 Drak. N. cr.:

secunda, tertia,

the second, third day of the Saturnalia, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.— Transf.:

vestra Saturnalia, said of the feriae matronales, as the festival of the women,

Mart. 5, 84, 11.—

Prov.: non semper Saturnalia erunt,

every day cannot be a holiday, Sen. Apoc. 12, § 2. —Hence,

Sāturnālĭcĭus or - tĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Saturnalia, Saturnalian (post-Aug.):

tributum,

i.e. a presen given on the Saturnalia, Mart. 10, 17, 1:

nuces,

id. 5, 30, 8; 7, 91, 2:

versus,

id. 5, 19, 11.—

Sāturnĭăcus, a, um, adj., of Saturn (late Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 20, 13. [p. 1636]

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

concipit Iris aquas,

draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

Alsietinam aquam,

Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ventum veste,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

plurimum ventorum,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

magnam vim venti,

Curt. 4, 3, 2:

auram,

id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

aëra,

id. ib. 1, 337:

ignem,

Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

lapidibus igne concepto,

struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

flammam,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

flammas,

Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

Cat. 64, 92:

ignem,

Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

validos ignes,

id. ib. 7, 9:

medicamentum venis,

Curt. 3, 6, 11:

noxium virus,

Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

morbum,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

in eā parte nivem concipi,

is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

id. 7, 5, 2.—

In partic.

To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.

Absol.:

more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

cum concepit mula,

Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

ex illo concipit ales,

Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—

With acc.:

ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

Ov. M. 4, 611:

aliquem ex aliquo,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

ex adulterio,

id. Tib. 62:

de aliquo,

Ov. M. 3, 214:

alicujus semine,

id. ib. 10, 328:

ova (pisces),

Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

coacta conceptum a se abigere,

Suet. Dom. 22.—

In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 222.—

Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—

Trop.

To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,

To perceive in mind.

In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

aliquid animo,

id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

de aliquo summa concipere,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—

In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

Ov. M. 2, 77:

concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —

To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

mente vaticinos furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

animo ingentes iras,

id. ib. 1, 166:

spem,

id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

spemque metumque,

id. F. 1, 485:

aliquid spe,

Liv. 33, 33, 8:

amorem,

Ov. M. 10, 249:

pectore tantum robur,

Verg. A. 11, 368:

auribus tantam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

malum aut scelus,

id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

scelus in sese,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

flagitium cum aliquo,

id. Sull. 5, 16.—

To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

vadimonium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

jusjurandum,

Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

jurisjurandi verba,

id. ib. 4, 31;

and verba,

Liv. 7, 5, 5:

edictum,

Dig. 13, 6, 1:

libellos,

ib. 48, 19, 9:

stipulationem,

ib. 41, 1, 38:

obligationem in futurum,

ib. 5, 1, 35:

actionem in bonum et aequum,

ib. 4, 5, 8:

foedus,

Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

Ov. M. 7, 594:

sic verba concipito,

repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

auspicia,

id. 22, 1, 7:

locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

ut justum conciperetur bellum,

id. ib. 5, §

86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

Tac. H. 4, 41:

vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

verbis conceptissimis jurare,

Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

concipit Iris aquas,

draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

Alsietinam aquam,

Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ventum veste,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

plurimum ventorum,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

magnam vim venti,

Curt. 4, 3, 2:

auram,

id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

aëra,

id. ib. 1, 337:

ignem,

Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

lapidibus igne concepto,

struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

flammam,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

flammas,

Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

Cat. 64, 92:

ignem,

Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

validos ignes,

id. ib. 7, 9:

medicamentum venis,

Curt. 3, 6, 11:

noxium virus,

Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

morbum,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

in eā parte nivem concipi,

is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

id. 7, 5, 2.—

In partic.

To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.

Absol.:

more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

cum concepit mula,

Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

ex illo concipit ales,

Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—

With acc.:

ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

Ov. M. 4, 611:

aliquem ex aliquo,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

ex adulterio,

id. Tib. 62:

de aliquo,

Ov. M. 3, 214:

alicujus semine,

id. ib. 10, 328:

ova (pisces),

Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

coacta conceptum a se abigere,

Suet. Dom. 22.—

In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 222.—

Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—

Trop.

To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,

To perceive in mind.

In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

aliquid animo,

id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

de aliquo summa concipere,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—

In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

Ov. M. 2, 77:

concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —

To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

mente vaticinos furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

animo ingentes iras,

id. ib. 1, 166:

spem,

id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

spemque metumque,

id. F. 1, 485:

aliquid spe,

Liv. 33, 33, 8:

amorem,

Ov. M. 10, 249:

pectore tantum robur,

Verg. A. 11, 368:

auribus tantam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

malum aut scelus,

id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

scelus in sese,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

flagitium cum aliquo,

id. Sull. 5, 16.—

To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

vadimonium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

jusjurandum,

Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

jurisjurandi verba,

id. ib. 4, 31;

and verba,

Liv. 7, 5, 5:

edictum,

Dig. 13, 6, 1:

libellos,

ib. 48, 19, 9:

stipulationem,

ib. 41, 1, 38:

obligationem in futurum,

ib. 5, 1, 35:

actionem in bonum et aequum,

ib. 4, 5, 8:

foedus,

Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

Ov. M. 7, 594:

sic verba concipito,

repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

auspicia,

id. 22, 1, 7:

locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

ut justum conciperetur bellum,

id. ib. 5, §

86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

Tac. H. 4, 41:

vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

verbis conceptissimis jurare,

Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

prīdĭē, adv. [from the obsol. pri (whence prior, primus, pridem) and dies].

Lit., on the day before (class.; opp. postridie).— Constr. absol., with acc. of the day from which the reckoning was made, or with quam (class.); also, with gen. (class. only in the phrase pridie ejus diei).

Absol., Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 65:

cui cum pridie frequentes essetis assensi, postridie ad spem estis inanem pacis devoluti,

Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14:

postero die tropaeum posuit, quo loco pridie pugnatum est,

Nep. Dat. 8, 3:

pridie asservata materia,

Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 104.—

With quam:

si hic pridie natus foret, quam hic est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 91:

pridie quam ego Athenas veni,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6:

haec epistula est pridie data quam illa,

id. ib. 3, 8, 2.—

With gen.:

pridie ejus diei,

on the day before this day, the day before, Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

insidiarum,

the day before the ambush, Tac. A. 15, 54:

Kalendarum,

Dig. 28, 1, 5.—

With acc., designating the day (v. Madvig. §

230, obs. 1): pridie Idus,

Cic. Att. 13, 25, 2:

Compitalia,

id. ib. 2, 3, 3:

Quinquatrus,

id. ib. 9, 13, 2:

eum diem,

id. ib. 11, 23, 2:

Parilia,

Liv. 40, 2:

Circenses,

Suet. Calig. 55:

constitutam diem,

Just. 1, 10, 7:

nuptiarum diem, Fest. s. v. Regillis, p. 286 Müll.: vindemias,

Dig. 24, 3, 7:

aequinoctium autumnale,

ib. 43, 19, 1.—

Transf., the phrase pridie Kalendas (Nonas, etc.) is used as a subst.:

nos in Formiano esse volumus usque ad pridie Nonas Maias,

Cic. Att. 2, 11, 2:

ex ante diem III. Non. Jun. usque ad prid. Kal. Sept.,

id. ib. 3, 17, 1:

gignit id maxime arcturi exortus ex a. d. pridie Idus Septembris,

Plin. 11, 16, 15, § 41; cf.: EX. A. D. V. KAL. DEC. AD PR. KAL. JAN. SEXT., for six years, to the 31 st December, Inscr. Orell. 594: litterarum datarum pridie Kal. Januar. suavem habuit recordationem clarissimi jurisjurandi, the 31 st of December, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 22.—With an acc., not designating a day:

quod uxorem pridie sortitionem ductam postridie repudiasset,

Suet. Tib. 35 fin. Roth (Oud. sortitione).—

In gen., before, a short time before (post-class.), Dig. 40, 5, 10 fin.; Vell. 2, 83, 3:

Psyche, non ita, ut pridie, parvula,

App. M. 5, p. 165.

compĭtālis, e, adj. [compitum], of or pertaining to the cross-ways:

Lares,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Suet. Aug. 31 (qui compita servant, Ov. F. 2, 615; cf. id. ib. 5, 140 sq.).—

Subst.

‡ compĭtāles, ium, m., priests of the Lares compitales:

COMPIT. LAR. AVG.,

Inscr. Orell. 3958 sq. —

compĭtālĭa, ium and iōrum (cf. Charis. p. 27 sq. P.; Prisc. p. 744 ib.:

compitaliorum,

Cic. Pis. 4, 8 Orell. N. cr.), n., a festival, annually celebrated at cross - roads (compita) in honor of the Lares, soon after the Saturnalia, on a day appointed by the prætor (cf. conceptivus, II.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 7 fin.; Cato, R. R. 5, 4; 57, 2; Cic. Att. 2, 3, 3; Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204; Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 3, and Fest. p. 257, 1 Müll.

compĭtālis, e, adj. [compitum], of or pertaining to the cross-ways:

Lares,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Suet. Aug. 31 (qui compita servant, Ov. F. 2, 615; cf. id. ib. 5, 140 sq.).—

Subst.

‡ compĭtāles, ium, m., priests of the Lares compitales:

COMPIT. LAR. AVG.,

Inscr. Orell. 3958 sq. —

compĭtālĭa, ium and iōrum (cf. Charis. p. 27 sq. P.; Prisc. p. 744 ib.:

compitaliorum,

Cic. Pis. 4, 8 Orell. N. cr.), n., a festival, annually celebrated at cross - roads (compita) in honor of the Lares, soon after the Saturnalia, on a day appointed by the prætor (cf. conceptivus, II.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 7 fin.; Cato, R. R. 5, 4; 57, 2; Cic. Att. 2, 3, 3; Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204; Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 3, and Fest. p. 257, 1 Müll.